And finally, the reason why I called this the Throwback Thursday Open Thread. Behold, Derek Jeter‘s 3000th hit. Remember the days leading up to it, how everyone was predicting he’d hit a weak ground ball for 3K and then BOOM SHAKALAKA, he hits one to the first row of the left field bleachers because he’s Derek Jeter and that kind of thing happens to Derek Jeter.

Stacey is co-Editor-in-Chief of It's About The Money, co-host of the It's About The Money, Stupid podcast and is a monthly contributor to ESPN's SweetSpot Blog. She is a former contributor at Aerys Sports and High Heat Stats. She has contributed to group projects at Baseball: Past And Present and the Hall of Stats. Her work has appeared in USA Today's Sports Weekly and most recently, she wrote four pieces for Derek Jeter: Celebrating the Yankees' Captain Clutch, a magazine printed by i5 Publishing.